After giving in to Putin/Xi’s demands to not provide starlink internet service over Taiwan, DOD officials are growing nervous about trusting Elon’s Space company with our national secrets

  • Tiefling IRL
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    394 hours ago

    Nope, everything in the US must be privatized. EVERYTHING. Capitalism DEMANDS it

    • @halcyoncmdr
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      84 hours ago

      To be fair here… The old guard still aren’t working on reuse even after SpaceX not only championed it but actually succeeded and proved reliability.

      The old launch providers are still just throwing their shit away and still cost billions of dollars for launches.

      The Commercial Resupply Service and Commercial Crew Programs have also achieved better standards than NASA had when they started them, and at much cheaper cost than the previous solutions.

      Privatisation isn’t inherently bad, and importantly, the money is still being handled through NASA for oversight.